Thread: 6mm Creedmoor goats and deer

6mm CM v .243 Win = zero sum game with the same twist barrel. Here's a little Wiki extract regarding pressure:

After the 6.5mm Creedmoor was introduced, it was advertised as a 60,000 psi capable case.[7] However, after it was placed into production, Hornady listed it as 62,000 psi, then registered it with SAAMI as such. For this reason, many hand loaders have poor experiences reloading for it. Blown primers on the first shot at 62,000 psi are not uncommon. Early shooting articles listed the ammo as loaded to 58,000 psi[21], but later citings list it as 57,000 psi.[22] Hornady reduced the loads in its factory ammo because of complaints it was often blowing primers.[23]

Today it's the turn of the Southern Hunter All Terrain Tactical Porcine Interceptors (SHATTPI).

Well SHATTPI caught a squeaker, and bugger all else. I busied myself with more goat control.

Awesome and nice rig!

Some fallow action today. I’m always left slumped in a pile on the floor after a day chasing these cunts, it’s a shit load harder to get onto super observant hill country fallow than I obviously thought it was. Only .223 CNS shooting allowed, simple fact, so the wee deer aren’t there for the Creedmoors and the like. For sure they’re obviously not that keen on standing still waiting to be shot and I ended up having to do a dozen ridges just to see them stationary.

Why don't you use the 6mm cm?

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Why don't you use the 6mm cm?

Because the rifle I trust the most is my .223, I’ve had it for years. For that kind of shooting, it’s what I use.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Because the rifle I trust the most is my .223, I’ve had it for years. For that kind of shooting, it’s what I use.

Fair enough. I just thought the rifle you'd trust the most would be the larger one.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Fair enough. I just thought the rifle you'd trust the most would be the larger one.

The logic makes sense, but fallow-to-order are all head shot here, mandatory, and that’s the job of my surgical .223 Rem.

Some nice fattish red hinds for the freezer today.

@Flyblown have you validated the G7 bc of the 108eldm? Is it correct?



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Originally Posted by dirkvanvuuren

@Flyblown have you validated the G7 bc of the 108eldm? Is it correct?

Zero at 100m, drop tests at 270, 345 and 475m. All calculations had the same answer, same as the chronograph. So yeah, it’s correct. So far, dialling MRAD, it’s been bang on out to 500ish.

Very nice, thanks for sharing! I have the same experience as you with my 6XC. These 6mm are surprisingly nice to shoot & effective.

I understand completely what you saying about the .223 for surgical precision...after some 22 years using mine it has become like a best most trusted mate.... the .270 Ive owned longer and each has its place...but if I had to hit say a clay target at 200yards.the .223 would get the nod,the big gun is just as accurate BUT the .223 is trusted more....